Some Simple Nosocomial Disease Transmission Models

The SARS epidemic of 2002–2003 drew attention to nosocomial disease transmission as many of the disease cases were transmitted through hospital staff and visitors. Various types of model have been proposed to describe this, including metapopulation models. We formulate and analyze a simple compartme...

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Published in:	Bulletin of mathematical biology Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 460 - 469
Main Author:	Brauer, Fred
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01-03-2015 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Cell Biology Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - prevention & control Cross Infection - transmission Epidemics - statistics & numerical data Humans Life Sciences Mathematical and Computational Biology Mathematical Concepts Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Models, Biological Ontario - epidemiology Original Article Personnel, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - prevention & control Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - transmission Visitors to Patients - statistics & numerical data Nosocomial transmission 92D30 Final size relation Epidemic models Reproduction number
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Summary:	The SARS epidemic of 2002–2003 drew attention to nosocomial disease transmission as many of the disease cases were transmitted through hospital staff and visitors. Various types of model have been proposed to describe this, including metapopulation models. We formulate and analyze a simple compartmental model with heterogeneous mixing to describe nosocomial transmission and determine the reproduction number and final size relation.
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ISSN:	0092-8240 1522-9602
DOI:	10.1007/s11538-015-0061-0